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Introduction to Digital Photography

Peter Hellberg
April 12, 2013
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Introduction to Digital Photography

A short introduction for my colleagues at Athega,

Peter Hellberg

April 12, 2013
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Transcript

  1. Introduction to Digital Photography

  2. @peterhellberg

  3. basics Back to

  4. · Shutter Speed · Aperture · ISO basics There are

    really only three things that you need to learn to understand photography.

  5. Shutter Speed The duration the shutter is open directly corresponds

    to how much light is hitting the sensor.

  6. Aperture The larger the hole, the more light gets through

    to the sensor.

  7. ISO How sensitive your camera is to the light that

    managed to get through to the sensor. (Yes, it is the same ISO you are thinking about… )

  8. Your camera does not matter

  9. Until it does.

  10. techniques Compositional

  11. timing It’s all about the

  12. Time of the day

  13. None
  14. None

  15. right Just the light

  16. None
  17. None
  18. None

  19. moment Capturing that

  20. None
  21. None
  22. None
  23. None
  24. None
  25. None

  26. Symmetry & Pattern

  27. None
  28. None

  29. & lines Angles

  30. None
  31. None

  32. Simplicity & isolation

  33. None
  34. None
  35. None
  36. None
  37. None
  38. None

  39. Shallow depth of field

  40. None
  41. None
  42. None

  43. Rule o thirds

  44. None
  45. None

  46. BREAK ALL THE RULES…

  47. Going DIGITAL

  48. Mega pixels

  49. Image sensor formats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format

  50. JPEG versus RAW

  51. When possible, shoot in RAW

  52. Gear camera

  53. None
  54. None

  55. Just about any camera will do.

  56. Economy

  57. Buy good glass.

  58. Lenses

  59. None

  60. Zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of

    lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a prime lens.

  61. Prime lens A prime lens is a photographic lens whose

    focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens.

  62. Flashes

  63. Don’t

  64. Strobist if you must

  65. Processing Post-

  66. Lightroom Aperture

  67. X100 [Lr] presets github.com/peterhellberg/photography

  68. VSCO FILM vsco.co

  69. Analog faux

  70. Old Film LOOK

  71. Fuji 160C

  72. Fuji 800Z ++

  73. Kodak Porta 160

  74. Kodak Porta 800 ++

  75. Fuji 400H -

  76. black & white

  77. None
  78. None
  79. None
  80. None

  81. #iPhoneography

  82. Instagram

  83. VSCO CAM

  84. Hosting

  85. Flickr

  86. 500px

  87. Cheat sheet Exposure Aperture Aperture Shutter Shutter ISO ISO Try

    to keep your light meter at 0 Shallow depth of field Brighter Deep depth of field Darker Longer exposure Brighter Shorter exposure Darker Low, higher quality (smooth) Day High, lower quality (noisy) Night

  88. instagr.am/peterhellberg flickr.com/peterhellberg 500px.com/peterhellberg